Your Wit Is My Command Av Tony Veale

<b>For fans of computers and comedy alike, an accessible and entertaining look into how we can use artificial intelligence to make smart machines funny.</b><br><br>Most robots and smart devices are not known for their joke-telling abilities. And yet, as computer scientist Tony Veale explains in <i>Your Wit Is My Command</i>, machines are not inherently unfunny; they are just programmed that way. By examining the mechanisms of humor and jokes--how jokes actually works--Veale shows that computers can be built with a sense of humor, capable not only of producing a joke but also of appreciating one. Along the way, he explores the humor-generating capacities of fictional robots ranging from B-9 in <i>Lost in Space</i> to TARS in I<i>nterstellar</i>, maps out possible scenarios for developing witty robots, and investigates such aspects of humor as puns, sarcasm, and offensiveness.<br><br> In order for robots to be funny, Veale explains, we need to analyze humor computationally. Using artific